Donít Put Human Genes into Goats for Drug Development

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Posted:13 July 2008

Donít Put Human Genes into Goats for Drug
Development

ALERT:

By putting human genes into goats, bioengineers are turning
helpless animals into mere drug factories. Indeed, fewer than 10
out of every 100 animals injected with the human gene while
still in their mother's womb will be able to produce the altered
milk. The other baby goats bred for drug production are killed
immediately. What's more, some "successful" transgenic baby
goats develop severe birth defects that scientists don't
understand.

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